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East Hertfordshire
district, England, United Kingdom
East Hertfordshire, district, administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, southeastern England, at the northern edge of the Greater London Green Belt. Hertford is the administrative seat for the county of Hertfordshire but shares district administration with Bishop’s Stortford. The landscape is largely undulating and rural, characterized by medieval manor houses and thatched cottages. The River Lea, navigable to barge traffic from its outlet in the Thames in east-central London northward to the town of Hertford, drains the southwestern part of the district, and the River Stort forms the southeastern boundary before joining the Lea at the district’s southern tip. Cereals ...(100 of 278 words)